SYDNEY, 22 August 2023 — In response to the Japanese government’s plans to discharge contaminated wastewater into the Pacific, the following comments can be attributed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Senior Campaigner Steph Hodgins-May:
SYDNEY, 16 March 2023 – With regards to the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal, the following statement is attributable to David Ritter, Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
SYDNEY, Jan 22 2021 - Today the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons becomes international law after being signed by 86 countries, with Australia a notable absentee.
Sydney, 5 February, 2018 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific vessels greeted Japan’s Peace Boat in Sydney Harbour this morning as it arrived to advocate for nuclear disarmament and urge the Australian and Japanese governments to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
September 21 - More than 100 paper doves bearing messages to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop have dotted the lawn overlooking the Opera House at Sydney’s Botanical Gardens.
September 19, 2017: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is set to ignore the wishes of a clear majority of Australians by refusing to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
ReachTEL conducted a survey of 1,669 residents across Australia on behalf of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. The survey on Australian’s attitudes towards nuclear weapons was conducted during the night of 13 September 2017.
September 19, 2017: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is set to ignore the wishes of a clear majority of Australians by refusing to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
On this International Day Against Nuclear Tests, Bunny McDiarmid, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, reflects on 46 years of fighting against nuclear weapons.
“I’m here at the U.N. asking for an abolition of nuclear weapons,” said Toshiki Fujimori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, to diplomats from more than 120 countries gathered at the UN general assembly on 27 March.
“Nobody in any country deserves seeing the same hell again.”